Converting a wooden construction trailer into living space

What you need:

• Laminate
• Glass wool
• Steel angle
• Wood stove
• Generator set

Prepare the interior of your construction vehicle

You are building a construction trailer wood to the apartment.

1. First of all, you should completely empty out your wooden construction trailer and take a close look at the substance of the trailer. Then start with the floor. Buy insulation material and click laminate at your trusted hardware store and lay a new laminate floor.
2. Since there is probably also a chronic lack of space in your construction trailer, you will build a folding bed, which you can then fold up. To do this, you need to cut iron angles of 5 cm x 5 cm to 200 x 110 cm. On the sides, you have to miter the angles and weld them to form a rectangle.
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3. Then make screw hinges on the wall and frame and hang the bed. To be on the safe side, two chains are attached to the sides, which are connected to the site trailer. Weld a few more struts into the rectangle, then insert the grating and mattress and your bed is ready.
4. The kitchen furniture shouldn't be too big either. A tall cupboard with space for a small refrigerator and additional storage space for plates and cups is sufficient. A small sink cabinet should also be available in your wooden construction trailer.


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5. Even if you don't have a permanent water connection, you should have a little corner to wash your clothes. Take a small cupboard for your bathroom items and a bowl and separate the whole thing from the living area with a shower curtain.

The basics of furniture made of wood

1. If you want to heat your wooden construction trailer with a small coal stove or wood stove, the location of the stove and stove pipe should be clad with sheet metal all around. Especially where the stovepipe leaves the site, because a stovepipe is very hot and a fire can easily break out if you don't take precautions.
2. If you live in a wooden construction trailer, it is unlikely that you will have a permanent electrical connection. If you still need electricity, you should have an emergency generator in a box under the construction trailer. These units are already quite quiet today and do a lot.
3. To make your construction trailer a little less sensitive to the cold of winter, you should use the walls Your wooden construction trailer with an additional insulation Mistake. To do this, simply attach roof battens, stuff the gaps with glass wool and then screw in plasterboard.
4. Of course, you would also like to offer your guests seating. Simple camping chairs are recommended here, which you can then fold up again and put in the corner. If you want to set up a cozy seat for yourself, there is sure to be a little spot where you can set up a comfortable armchair.

Living in a wooden construction trailer can be financially worthwhile.